Characters and settings

Worksheet: Characters and settings

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Answer the questions.

1. What is a character in a story?
   a) A letter of the alphabetb) A person or animal in the storyc) The last page of the bookd) The title on the cover
2. Which of these could be a character in a story?
   a) A big castleb) A brave mousec) A page numberd) A rainy hill
3. A talking rabbit can be a character in a story.
   a) Trueb) False
4. Which word tells us what a character is like?
   a) andb) fivec) kindd) under
5. What is the setting of a story?
   a) How long it isb) What the cover looks likec) Where and when it happensd) Who wrote it
6. Mia plays in the sand and splashes in the waves. What is the setting?
   a) A beachb) A classroomc) A forestd) A shop
7. A castle, a farm and a moon base can all be settings.
   a) Trueb) False
8. A story has fish, coral and blue water all around. What is the setting?
9. Which part of a story comes first?
   a) The beginningb) The endc) The last paged) The middle
10. Which part of a story tells how things turn out?
    a) The beginningb) The coverc) The endd) The middle
11. What are the three main parts of a story, in order?
12. The end of a story comes before the beginning.
    a) Trueb) False
13. What is the problem in a story?
    a) Something hard the characters must fixb) The happy endingc) The name of the bookd) The place where it happens
14. Pip loses her red kite in a tree. What is the problem?
    a) Her kite is stuckb) It is a sunny dayc) She has a red kited) She likes the park
15. When is the problem in a story usually solved?
    a) Before the story beginsb) Near the endc) On the coverd) Right at the start
16. Ben's toy boat floats away. Who is the character and what is the problem?